PHM-Exch> Resending: Food for the politics of a thought

[Claudio Schuftan]

I AM REALLY SORRY. THE PREVIOUS URL DID NOT WORK. THIS ONE DOES.

On Mon, May 3, 2010 at 9:40 AM, Claudio Schuftan
<cschuftan at phmovement.org>wrote:

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> Human Rights Reader 239
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> *HAVE YOU ASKED YOURSELF: WHERE IS THE POLITICS IN POLITICAL WILL?*
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> In politics, the power of the purse is the most undemocratic power of all.
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> In this Reader, we often refer to the politics-of-it-all in human
> rights (HR) work. From a general perspective, it is fitting we explore what
> lies beneath the surface:
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> 1. In front of my own eyes and over the years, the ideas and political
> allegiances of many of my friends and teachers have changed much --not
> always for the better. Therefore, frankly, I do not feel any guilt anymore
> when I have become an activist for the cause I strongly believe in. For too
> long, soft, reformist, band-aid approaches have led us nowhere on HR issues.
> Sixty years after we should have, belatedly adopting the HR framework
> without a political plan, to me, risks simply more of the same.
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> The full text of this Reader can be read by clicking on:
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http://www.socialmedicine.org/2010/05/02/human-rights/have-you-asked-yourself-where-is-the-politics-in-political-will/


>  Claudio
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